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A day I shall never forget!!!

Zulu

Zulu

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Was heading to work at the Dairy Queen when I decided to stop listening to my Linkin Park CD (hybrid Theory) and see what the radio had to offer....

That's when I heard....

When I got to the DQ I told the other two employees there what had happened the drove back home to see my mom in tears in front of the TV...
 
I walked into a gas station as the second plane hit. The teller was watching a small television and she screamed. I at first thought she was watching some crappy action movie on TBS and so I found her reaction to be humorous. When I realized she was watching the news I was completely shocked.
I began asking myself questions

How did the pilot not see that building?
Did he pass out?
Was the plane out of control?

Within just a few seconds the now balling teller explained that it was the second plane to hit and that we must be under attack by somebody. At the time I worked for a municipality and they radioed for everyone to come in. When I returned to the shop I was informed that one of the towers had collapsed. I vividly remember huddling around a radio with a group of guys who all looked like they had just lost their innocence.

A day I shall never forget.
 
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heyhey said:
I walked into a gas station as the second plane hit. The teller was watching a small television and she screamed. I at first thought she was watching some crappy action movie on TBS and so I found her reaction to be humorous. When I realized she was watching the news I was completely shocked.
I began asking myself questions

How did the pilot not see that building?
Did he pass out?
Was the plane out of control?

Within just a few seconds the now balling teller explained that it was the second plane to hit and that we must be under attack by somebody. At the time I worked for a municipality and they radioed for everyone to come in. When I returned to the shop I was informed that one of the towers had collapsed. I vividly remembering huddling around a radio with a group of guys who all looked like they had just lost their innocence.

A day I shall never forget.
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I was a little over 1 year into my 6 year Navy enlistment. I had evening training classes. My mom called me and told me I should turn on the news, that not one but two planes had hit the WTC. I was annoyed. I told her I was trying to sleep. I hung up and layed in bed for about 30 seconds before I had to get up, wondering what was going on. My wife was 8 months pregnant. It didn't take long to realize my son was going to be born into a world I wished didn't exist...
 
Gameface said:
I was a little over 1 year into my 6 year Navy enlistment. I had evening training classes. My mom called me and told me I should turn on the news, that not one but two planes had hit the WTC. I was annoyed. I told her I was trying to sleep. I hung up and layed in bed for about 30 seconds before I had to get up, wondering what was going on. My wife was 8 months pregnant. It didn't take long to realize my son was going to be born into a world I wished didn't exist...
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My wife was also about 8 months pregnant with our 4th. My daughter was born 2 weeks to the day after it happened.

I was working nights and had just gotten up and was getting ready for work, watching CNN. They broke to the story just after the first plane hit, and my wife and I watched throughout the entire horrid ordeal. We were simply stunned, and I felt numb for a few days after. I felt much the way GF did. I was wondering what kind of world my kids would inherit. But it has occurred to me since that in the end it depends as much on what they choose to do with that world, as what condition the world is in when they get it. So far my kids have given me hope.

But I still look at my daughter sometimes and remember her first months in the aftermath of that day. Still very sobering.
 
Zulu said:
Talked with some of my students about 911... Most were either 5 or 6 years old....

How old were you Dal??
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I was 10 days away from my 8th birthday, Zulu.


Sadly, I don't remember much about the significance of the attack-- all I remember is my classmates telling everyone that my uncle was one of the plane hi-jackers.

I went to a German Bilingual school, and I was the only Muslim in my class (probably one of the only ones in the entire school). I just remember being really angry about that-- but I never told my parents.

Growing up in that school after 9/11 was tough, sometimes. But I think that growing up in that environment has contributed so many positive things that are staples of my personality to this day-- that I wouldn't have traded it for any other upbringing.




/tl;dr, I don't really remember too much. I think I was pretty desensitized to war, or attacks, because CNN had been playing on our family TV ever since I can possibly remember-- this was because my parents were from Kosovo, and the Kosovo war was going on during the late 90s.
 
dalamon said:
I was 10 days away from my 8th birthday, Zulu.


Sadly, I don't remember much about the significance of the attack-- all I remember is my classmates telling everyone that my uncle was one of the plane hi-jackers.

I went to a German Bilingual school, and I was the only Muslim in my class (probably one of the only ones in the entire school). I just remember being really angry about that-- but I never told my parents.

Growing up in that school after 9/11 was tough, sometimes. But I think that growing up in that environment has contributed so many positive things that are staples of my personality to this day-- that I wouldn't have traded it for any other upbringing.




/tl;dr, I don't really remember too much. I think I was pretty desensitized to war, or attacks, because CNN had been playing on our family TV ever since I can possibly remember-- this was because my parents were from Kosovo, and the Kosovo war was going on during the late 90s.
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I forget you have a more personal experience with Mans hunger for power!!! Thanks for sharing!!
 
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